The Book of Job

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24:1 "Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?

24:2 Men move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.

24:3 They drive away the orphan's donkey and take the widow's ox in pledge.

24:4 They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

24:5 Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.

24:6 They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.

24:7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.

24:8 They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.

24:9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

24:10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

24:11 They crush olives among the terraces; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

24:12 The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.

24:13 "There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.

24:14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up and kills the poor and needy; in the night he steals forth like a thief.

24:15 The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, 'No eye will see me,' and he keeps his face concealed.

24:16 In the dark, men break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

24:17 For all of them, deep darkness is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.

24:18 "Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards.

24:19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.

24:20 The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; evil men are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.

24:21 They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow show no kindness.

24:22 But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.

24:23 He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.

24:24 For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

24:25 "If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?"

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24:1	"Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
24:2	Men move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.
24:3	They drive away the orphan's donkey and take the widow's ox in pledge.
24:4	They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
24:5	Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.
24:6	They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
24:7	Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
24:8	They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
24:9	The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
24:10	Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
24:11	They crush olives among the terraces; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
24:12	The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
24:13	"There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.
24:14	When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up and kills the poor and needy; in the night he steals forth like a thief.
24:15	The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, 'No eye will see me,' and he keeps his face concealed.
24:16	In the dark, men break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.
24:17	For all of them, deep darkness is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.
24:18	"Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards.
24:19	As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.
24:20	The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; evil men are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.
24:21	They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow show no kindness.
24:22	But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
24:23	He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.
24:24	For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
24:25	"If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?"
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